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March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards

2007-03-22 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:52 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Books & writing) · mode: Advice & reviews · tags: community lore, self promotion

Hank demonstrates a commenter's idea for his misprinted business cards (a cube he uses in EcoGeek intros), assigns John Bill McKibben's Deep Economy as the next Brotherhood 2.0 book club book, and, thanking viewers for putting stuff on their heads, proposes collecting their pictures and videos.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Opener: business-card cube on his head, pants gag; agenda (cards, book club)

  • ★ Hank opens having combined a misprinted-business-card idea with putting stuff on his head, jokes about pants on his head, and says he will cover the cards and the book club. (playful) — 00:00:03 · Stuff on Heads

00:00:42 — How to fold misprinted business cards into a cube (commenter's tutorial); the EcoGeek cube

  • ★★ A commenter long ago suggested making a cube out of Hank's misprinted business cards and pointed him to a tutorial; Hank at first thought the commenter kind of crazy. — 00:00:42
  • ★★ Hank demonstrates the tutorial: six same-size cards bent into cups and joined make a sturdy cube; six more slid into the flaps give it flat faces. — 00:00:42
  • ★★ Hank says he has used the business-card cube in the intros to his EcoGeek videos, which viewers will soon be able to see on EcoGeek. — 00:02:01 · EcoGeek

00:02:01 — Book club: the first book recalled; John is assigned Deep Economy (not WorldChanging or The God Delusion)

  • ★★ Hank recalls that for the book club he had to read We Wish to Inform You..., while John's assigned book was his own novel, since John was past his deadline. — 00:02:01
  • ★ Hank says Brotherhood 2.0 viewers are all John Green fans who would hate him if he stood between John and finishing his book. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:01 · Brotherhood 2.0, John Green
  • ★★ Hank says he considered assigning John The God Delusion but thought it might be a little too inflammatory. (hedged) — 00:02:42
  • ★★★ After jokingly assigning the huge WorldChanging, Hank asks John to read Bill McKibben's new book Deep Economy for the Brotherhood 2.0 book club. — 00:02:42 · Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★ Because he runs EcoGeek, Hank is getting a free copy of Deep Economy; he will read it too, as he will probably interview the author for his website, and hopes to discuss it with John first. (hedged) — 00:02:42 · EcoGeek

00:03:11 — Thanks for putting stuff on heads; proposal that viewers send pictures and videos; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank thanks everyone who has taken his plea to put stuff on their heads seriously and says it is, at least in part, an opportunity to decrease world suck. — 00:03:11 · Stuff on Heads, world suck
  • ★★★ Hank wants to see viewers' heads and suggests setting something up so people can send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads. (hedged) — 00:03:11 · Stuff on Heads

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Mentioned

Central: Deep Economy · Nerdfighter Book Club · Stuff on Heads

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · EcoGeek · John's untitled new novel · The God Delusion · We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families · world suck · Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

Only in the description or credits: Bill McKibben

Also centred on Deep Economy: September 6th: The Book Club Returns

Also centred on Nerdfighter Book Club: Brotherhood 2.0: January 8, 2007 · Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel · September 6th: The Book Club Returns · Flinching in the Shower · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles

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